WhaleShark Media, which owns and runs a number of online coupon and deal sites, announced today it has raised $150 million from JP Morgan and Institutional Venture Partners.
The company facilitated $1.7 billion worth of sales in 2011. Its sites attract 300 million visitors annually.
WhaleShark Media sites have both Groupon-style deals and discount codes for websites.

has 50 million monthly readers, according to the site's internal analytics. It just raised a $3.5 million convertible note at a $30 million valuation cap, sources with knowledge of the deal tell Business Insider.The founders confirmed the fundraise to Business Insider but declined to comment on the valuation.

There is that saying about the long arm of the law and the places that it reaches. Considering how this latest cyber crime case practically covers three countries both near and far from the US, that might very well be applicable here.

Revenues totaled $69.6 million, up from $33.5 million for the same period last year.In after hours trade on Tuesday, shares of Lending Club were down as much as 12%.For the fiscal-year 2015, the company forecast revenues in the range of $370 million to $380 million, with adjusted EBITDA expected to total $33 million to $42 million.

Apple has long had dreams of bringing more manufacturingto the US, but the reality has been harsh at times -- theArizona sapphire plantit helped build went down the tubes last year after its key partner, GT Advanced, went bankrupt. However, the tech giant has at least managed to salvage something out of this messy situation.

China willenforcean even tighter control over online names starting on March 1st, and it's already begun nuking any account that doesn't conform to its standards. A handful of powerful internet companies in the country have deleted over 60,000 accounts they believe are in violation of China's new real-name/username policy.

CEO Marissa Mayer has been under pressure to cut costs at Yahoo since before she formally accepted the job in 2012. Instead of deploying broad layoffs, Mayer has favored a system that ranks employees and dismisses those with poor scores.The system is unpopular with many employees.

Samsung will formally introduce the Galaxy S6 at an event in Barcelona on March 1.There's a metal coil inside LoopPay devices that creates a magnetic field that can "talk" to regular credit card readers.Samsung will buy LoopPay, a mobile payments company. LoopPay's technology allows mobile payments through traditional magnetic credit card readers.

In a major victory for book publishers, the UK's High Court has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to blockseveral sites offering pirated e-books. The decision means that BT, Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk and EE now have 10 days to comply and ensure their customers can't access the following link depositories: AvaxHome, Ebookee, Freebookspot, Freshwap, Libgen, Bookfi and Bookre.

Rod Drury, an entrepreneur in Auckland, New Zealand, regularly visits the United States. Sometimes there are multiple visits a day.“People here can’t get Netflix, so they get a VPN that gives them a U.S. I.P. address, and watch Netflix like they’re in America,” he said. “If I want something off iTunes, I buy U.S. cards online.

For starters, it's mobile first. That has allowed the company to rethink traditional brokerage cost structures. With no human traders to pay or ancient infrastructure running the trades they're able to cut out those overhead costs.As a result, Robinhood doesn't charge a commission for standard trades, nor does it require any minimum deposits."Imagine you’re a first-time investor in your early 20s.

Jay Z has completed his acquisition of streaming services Tidal and WiMP, after the company's shareholders approved his bid to buy Swedish company Aspiro, Billboard reports . It looked like the acquisition had hit a snag when a group of minority shareholders who control 10% of Aspiro were preparing to reject the takeover bid .

In fact, Domo's been sitting on the marketing material going live today for as long as 18 months, James says."We don't really have a competitor yet."The Domo platform takes data from literally everywhere (From Salesforce to Instagram), James says, pushing it all into one place and giving real-time updates.

The Federal Trade Commission is suing DirecTV, the nation’s largest provider of satellite television, saying it deceptively advertised costs of a two-year service promotion to consumers.A “substantial portion” of DirecTV’s more than 20 million subscribers in the United States were affected, an agency spokesman said Wednesday. And Jessica L.

Fitbit, the only company we know of that actually encourage you to not wear their fitness bands , has acquired FitStar. For now, the two companies will remain separate, FitStar users can publish their workouts to the Fitbit app. Over time, the two will begin using a single Fitbit sign-in, though it’s not clear if FitStar will eventually go away, with its existing services melded into Fitbit.

When it comes to building a company or managing a group, it's probably not a good idea to wing it. If you are in (or aspire to be in) a managerial position, you'll want to understand the ins and outs of running a business. We recommend checking out the "Build-a-startup" course bundle , which will be helpful in teaching you how to tackle all the major hurdles — everything from coding to sales.

SoftBank, the massive multinational media and telecom conglomerate, announced on Wednesday that it had invested $1 billion in the Korean e-commerce start-up Coupang, in one of the largest private tech investments of 2015.The deal is the latest in a string of big e-commerce investments in Asian markets, including the $1.

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